Data Center Record.

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Equinix Chicago

Equinix lists 3 data centers at Chicago, Illinois among the sites it operates. It is running; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 5 sources, 5 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land
Not disclosed
Power it would draw
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Who leads it
Equinix
as stated by the source
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs Not disclosed
How much water it would use Not disclosed
How loud it would be Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year Not disclosed

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Equinix as stated by the source October 4, 2026
Who is constructing it Not disclosed
How much land Not disclosed
Where its power comes from Not disclosed
Grid connection Not disclosed
How it is cooled Not disclosed

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Cook County and Chicago about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

DateWhoDecisionSource
Chicago Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces a city wide temporary moratorium on data center development and expansion for 12 months while the city develops a comprehensive regulatory framework talkingpointsmemo.com
Chicago Mayor Johnson's executive order last month called for a moratorium while the city develops a regulatory framework for data centers yahoo.com
Chicago Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and aldermen Maria Hadden, Leni Manaa Hoppenworth and Lamont Robinson introduced an ordinance to pause data center development and material expansion for one year yahoo.com
Chicago Chicago executive order provided for enhanced evaluation of air pollution control permits, data center specific noise rules, and cross departmental review process for planned developments including data centers thecentersquare.com
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order last month to regulate data centers and called on the city council to pass a moratorium on new data centers thecentersquare.com
Cicero Chicagoland suburbs suing data center companies; Cicero mobilizing legal challenge to Digital Realty Hawthorne development therealdeal.com
15 earlier decisions on the county's rows
DateWhoDecisionSource
Chicago Mayor Johnson called for a temporary moratorium on new data centers springfieldnewssun.com
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order creating stricter data center regulations and oversight springfieldnewssun.com
Cook County More than a dozen data centers near O'Hare airport received local property tax breaks in 2026. abc7chicago.com
Cicero Cicero trustees passed a resolution opposing data center development at Hawthorne in neighboring Stickney chicago.suntimes.com
Stickney Stickney board of trustees voted unanimously to block any data center proposals with a moratorium on zoning changes and approvals for data centers chicago.suntimes.com
Cook County Mayor Brandon Johnson was pressured by anti data center activists at a rally chicagotribune.com
Chicago The working group report recommended the city create a new program for issuing noise and air pollution permits and enhancing environmental review news.wttw.com
Chicago A city working group on sustainable data centers spent over a year and a half developing recommendations, with report released in July 2026 news.wttw.com
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order calling on Chicago City Council to pause new data center construction news.wttw.com
Chicago Chicago City Council voted near unanimously on an ordinance incentivizing data center development news.wttw.com
Cook County Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed new rules and moratorium on new data centers axios.com
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called for a temporary moratorium on data centers cbsnews.com
Chicago Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order for stricter data center regulations cbsnews.com
Hoffman Estates Karis Critical withdrew rezoning request for data center in Hoffman Estates datacenterdynamics.com
Hoffman Estates Developer withdrew rezoning request for data center in Hoffman Estates capitolnewsillinois.com

What happened

  1. · Status: running (the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)

    Equinix lists Equinix CH1, Equinix CH2, Equinix CH4 at Chicago, Illinois on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [2]

The full Equinix Chicago timeline, in order

The site

The pin is the site, as the EPA's facility record places it. Location from an EPA air permit.

  • This record: Running, ringed
  • data center
  • Smaller pins: 26 other published records in Illinois
Details
  • this record's location, ringed
  • parcel outline, from the county parcel record
  • city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
  • county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where
350 E Cermak RD, Chicago, IL 60616, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois [source]
How exactly it is located
Exact, the point of the EPA's facility record
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
By the straight line between two exact points.

Keep going

The county Cook County 18 projects on the record. The state Data centers in Illinois Every Illinois project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

4 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

Who is building Equinix Chicago?

Equinix is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does Equinix Chicago say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Equinix Chicago stand today?

It is running; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. The newest entry, read on September 14, 2026: Equinix lists Equinix CH1, Equinix CH2, Equinix CH4 at Chicago, Illinois on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [2]

What has Chicago or Cook County decided about it?

Chicago: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces a city wide temporary moratorium on data center development and expansion for 12 months while the city develops a comprehensive regulatory framework (reported September 23, 2026, source); and Chicago: Mayor Johnson's executive order last month called for a moratorium while the city develops a regulatory framework for data centers (reported September 23, 2026, source). 21 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Primary documents

  1. Equinix: United States and Canada colocation data centers, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  2. Equinix: Equinix CH1, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  3. Equinix: Equinix CH2, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  4. Equinix: Equinix CH4, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  5. EPA ECHO detailed facility report: Equinix, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

5 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Equinix Chicago", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/equinix-chicago-il, last verified October 4, 2026.

Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page.

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For researchers
Slug
equinix-chicago-il
Status value
operational
Stage
Running
Tier
skeleton
Tags
skeleton
Place id
us/il/cook-county/chicago
Coordinates
41.853604, -87.618265
Location precision
permit_point
Location source
https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110013680640
Coordinate source
https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110013680640
Location source number
[5]
Location last verified
October 4, 2026
EPA registry id
110013680640
Use type values
not_disclosed
Tenancy value
not_disclosed
Cooling type value
not_disclosed
Capacity basis
not_disclosed
Water basis
not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis
Not disclosed
Interconnection value
not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed
Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows
Not disclosed
Published
2026-09-14
Last verified
2026-10-04